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The Patriots used their franchise player tag for the 2015 season on kicker Stephen Gostkowski. NFL teams had until 4 p.m. Monday to designate a franchise player for the upcoming season; the franchise tag, when signed by the player, is a one-year, fully guaranteed contract that pays him an amount commensurate with the highest-paid players at his position. The 31-year-old Gostkowski, drafted in 2006, is coming off his most accurate season in the NFL, as he converted 35-of-37 field goal tries and all 51 extra-point attempts. With teams told earlier on Monday that the official per-team salary cap amount for 2015 is $143.28 million, the franchise amount for kickers and punters is $4.126...

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